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| Pacific sea lion. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, July 13, 1903.
SHOW SEAL STILL FREE.
Bob Is Enjoying Liberty Immensely and Eludes All Hunters.
Wilkes-Barre, July 13.—Bob, a tame seal [sea lion], which three weeks ago escaped from a Cortland, N. Y., Trout Park, defies capture in the river, where since its escape it has been living luxuriously on the fine black bass with which the stream abounds.
A week ago Friday it was first located at Meshoppen, Pa., near here, and enticed close to shore, but when Hugh Sharpe of this city, its trainer, reached the scene no ruse to get it into the cage was successful. Fanny, Bob's mate, was sent to the spot, but her endearing notes could not win him from freedom.
Sharpe has been trying to capture the seal ever since. It grows wilder every day. A number of fishermen with nets are organizing and will make an effort to capture him.
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| John Baptiste Weber. |
STATUS OF RUSSIAN JEWS.
Discussed by Ex-Commissioner Weber Before the Jewish Chautauqua.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 13.—John B. Weber of Buffalo, N. Y., former commissioner of immigration at New York and chairman of the special commission authorized by congress in 1888 to investigate in Europe the cause of emigration to this country, spoke before the Jewish Chautauqua on "The Status of the Jew in Russia."
Mr. Weber said there would be no peace, no substantial relief for the sufferers, until the total disappearance from Russia of either the Jew or the special laws directed against him. Summing up the status of the Jew in Russia, Mr. Weber said: "The Jew is the sport of the rabble, the spoil of the official, the football of fanaticism, the buffer against which strikes the wrath of bigotry, intolerance and savagery."
After asserting the moral obligation and the legal right of the United States to protest to the Russian government against its treatment of Jews, Mr. Weber said: "The abnormal immigration from Russia is due to the laws and methods of that country—and this gives us a legal and moral right to object. Self-interest and humanity unite in a loud call to invoke such rights."
Mr. Weber closed by calling attention to the grave responsibilities falling upon Jews in receiving the thousands who flee from their oppressors.
He urged that they be aided to establish themselves and distributed so that they will not become a menace by congestion; that American principles be instilled in the children so that they might grow up a credit to this country.
MAY NOT SEND PETITION.
Czar Said to be Doing all Possible to Right the Wrong.
Washington, July 13.—It is quite possible, perhaps probable, that no attempt will be made by this government to present the B'nai B'rith petition to the czar. Everything depends upon the conference to be held tomorrow at Oyster Bay between the president and Messrs. Levick, Wolf and Strauss. The committee will be informed of the probability of the rejection of the petition at St. Petersburg and the consequent humiliation to the United States in that event, and then they will be allowed to decide whether the incident shall be closed, or become a matter of international irritation.
Meanwhile, official utterances on the subject have been inconsistent if not contradictory. The president has expressed his horror at the Kishineff massacre, and his sympathy for the victims. He also consented to forward the petition. Later came a statement undoubtedly from Oyster Bay, but issued through the state department, which linked the matter of the petition with the alleged breach of faith by Russia in the treaty negotiations with China and made use of some strong terms of impatience and irritation at Russia's diplomatic methods. Still later there was made from official sources a declaration that the petition and Manchuria were entirely without connection.
To cap it all, the state department now receives authoritative information that the czar is doing everything in his power to right the wrongs of the Kishineff Jews and to punish those guilty of the atrocity. In many quarters this latter promulgation is regarded as a preliminary to closing the incident without forwarding the B'nai B'rith petition. Of course, if the committee shall insist that the document be sent on, the administration is bound to do it. It is no secret, however, that the state department would feel greatly relieved should the president's callers tomorrow decide that the purposes for which the subject had been agitated in this country have already been accomplished.
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| Pope Leo XIII. |
POPE UNCONSCIOUS.
Cardinal Matti Says End May Come at Any Time.
Rome, July 13.—Toward noon the Pope lost consciousness for a time, and is now barely more than semi-conscious. Your correspondent saw Cardinal Matti for a moment. He said: "The end might come at almost any time." He thought the Pope was now in a worse condition than previous to his rally.
Rome, July 13.—In the middle of the afternoon the Pope was still in a state of semi-unconsciousness.
TWO DAYS OF BASEBALL.
Binghamton Stars Wednesday and Canastota Team Saturday.
The management of the All-Cortland baseball team has secured two first class teams which will play the locals on Athletic field this week. The Binghamton Stars will be here Wednesday and the Canastota semi-professional team Saturday. The All-Cortland team is getting regular practice now and two fast games are assured. Dillon will pitch Wednesday.
BASEBALL SATURDAY.
Much Interest in the Close Contest in One Game.
Two games in the series for the city baseball amateur championship were played at Athletic field Saturday afternoon. The first was between the Y. M. C. A. and Wickwires, resulting in a victory for the former by a score of 14 to 13 and the second between the Implement Co. and Forging Shop teams, the Implement Co. winning out by the score of 13 to 4.
The first game was the more interesting to the spectators on account of the closeness of the score. The Y. M. C. A. team took the lead in the first inning and kept it until the fifth when the Wickwires, by bunching hits aided by errors, tied the score. Each team drew a blank in the sixth and when the Y. M. C. A. came to bat in the seventh it was with determination of winning; they hit hard and often and when the umpire called the third man out they stood six runs to the good. Wickwire came to bat in their half of the last inning determined to make a garrison finish; they succeeded in bringing in five runs and had a man on second with two out. With two strikes and two balls on the batter, the runner attempted to steal third, bur was caught out and all was off.
The Implement Co. Forging Shop game was not so interesting, as the former team took a big lead at the beginning of the game and held it throughout. Each team showed improvement and the games promise to become more and more interesting. The summary:
Y. M. C. A. VS. WICKWIRES.
THE PRIZE CONTETS
Of the Misspelled Words in the Advertisements to Close Friday Night.
The prize contest in the matter of misspelled words in advertisements which has been continued in these columns for nearly eight weeks past will close on Friday night of this week, July 17, the daily and semi-weekly issues of July 17 being the last in both cases. The count on misspelled words that have appeared in the advertisements should be sent to this office as soon as possible after the contest closes. Each report should be written on a slip of paper which will also contain the name and address of the subscriber submitting it and the whole be enclosed in a sealed envelope. The date of the receipt of each report will be entered upon it as soon as handed in and as soon as these can be examined the result will be announced.
Auxiliary of the A. O. H.
The members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the A. O. H. are requested to meet at St. Mary's church at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning to attend the funeral of the late Mrs. DeWitt Howard.
Death of Mrs. De Witt Howard.
The death of Mrs. Catherine Howard, wife of DeWitt Howard, occurred at her home, 9 East Main–st., Cortland, at 7 o'clock last evening, after an illness of about three weeks.
Mrs. Howard, whose maiden name was Catherine McMahon, was born in Marathon, N. Y., June 24, 1865. She lived there until her marriage, Jan. 7, 1901, to DeWitt Howard of Cortland.
Mrs. Howard was taken ill about three weeks ago with a form of stomach trouble. A complication of diseases arose and although everything that physicians and loving friends could do was done, she grew steadily worse, the end coming last night.
Mrs. Howard was a faithful member of St. Mary's church and a charter member of the A. O. H. auxiliary. She is survived by her mother Mrs. Margaret McMahon; two brothers, Richard McMahon of Cortland and Thomas McMahon of Homer, and two sisters, Mrs. H. B. McNulty of Rochester and Mrs. T. E. Courtney of Cortland.
The funeral will be held from her late residence, 9 East Main-st. at 9 o'clock, and from St. Mary's church at 9:30 o'clock, Tuesday morning. Interment at Cortland.
BREVITIES.
—The members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of A. O. H. are requested to meet at St. Mary's church at 8:30 Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. Catherine Howard.
—T. N. and William Hollister have sold their property on Pearne-ave. and purchased another lot on the same street and will erect a residence thereon in the near future.
—The new display advertisements today are—-A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 4; S. Simmons, Clothing, page 4; First National Bank, Banking, page 5; M. W. Giles, Clearing sale, page 4.
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